15 April 2016

After posting in a few discussion forums, and finding I was unable to paste in a chart or two to make my point, I've decided to try having a 'reference' post which is a kind of chart repository. I can then put links to it in forum posts.

I envisage that as a post it will be rather free of text, so won't make for much of a read. I also intend to add charts to it as I need them (and to update them). Don't forget - if the charts appear a bit small, you can select them individually and they will open separately, and, I hope, larger.

The family/household types for which charts are currently available are:

single Newstart allowance (age <60)

single age pension (age 65+)

couple, single income, both Newstart allowance (both aged < 55)

single (age <60), parenting payment, 2 children (6, 8)

single Newstart allowance (age <60), 2 children (8, 10)

couple, single income, both Newstart allowance, one with partial capacity for work (would have been disability support pension pre-July 2006, both aged <60), 3 student children (16, 18, 20)

couple, single income, one Newstart allowance, one age pension (one aged 60-64, one aged 65+)